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Battle of Tsaritsyn

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fought again with varying outcomes. Thanks to the shifting of forces from the north, the numerical advantage of the Reds was constantly growing, and the morale of the White Cossacks was falling, with some of them going over to the side of the Bolsheviks or abandoning the army entirely. At the beginning of 1919, the Red Southern Front numbered 117,000 soldiers, 2,040 machine guns and 460 cannons, which was one fourth of the entire Red Army. On the other side, Krasnov still commanded a force of 50,000 soldiers in November 1918, but in February 1919 only 15,000 Cossacks remained with him.
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agitation purposes. According to Anatoly Nosovich, a Red Army defector, Stalin "frequently remarked in arguments over the military arts if the most talented commander in the world lacked politically conscious soldiers properly prepared by agitation, then, believe me, he would not be able to do anything against revolutionaries who were small in number but highly motivated."
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were not interested in the situation on other fronts of the civil war. While the Bolsheviks directed the best forces at their disposal to Tsaritsyn, understanding the importance of this center, the Cossacks were primarily concerned with conquering the northern part of the Don region, which was not so important in the broader context of the war.
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The Don Cossacks launched their first attack on Tsaritsyn in late August 1918, but this offensive was repulsed by mid-September. The Bolsheviks, in turn, organized a counter-offensive along the three railway lines leaving the city. Although initially successful, the counter-offensive was halted after
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However, the renovation of the railway from Kuban to Tsaritsyn allowed the Whites to transport tanks, delivered by the British. On 30 June 1919, Wrangel's forces entered the city, taking 40,000 red prisoners and seizing supplies and ammunition cars. On 3 July 1919, at the victory parade of Wrangel's
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Krasnov was now largely unable to convince the Cossacks to fight outside the Don region, but with difficulty persuaded them to lead troops to the cities located on the outskirts of the Don. The civilian Cossack leaders and their mid-level military commanders, and even Krasnov's closest associates,
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The executions and the alleged plots were broadcast in newspapers in an attempt to galvanize the public. That may have been the first instance revealing the future leader's proclivity to unveiling numerous plots and conspiracies and entangling the victims into fabricated and publicized trials for
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carried out a ruthless repression campaign targeting those deemed to be bourgeoisie, clergy, intelligentsia or tsarist officers, many of whom had answered a local appeal to join the Red Army. Those who questioned the policy were also suppressed. Stalin, having been granted military powers in the
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By the end of November 1918, thanks to the reorganization and growing numerical superiority of the Red Army, the Soviets gained an advantage over the forces of Krasnov. Nevertheless, in December 1918 the Cossacks managed to surround Tsaritsyn again. In January 1919, battles around the city were
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Over the course of the battle, Stalin had regularly disobeyed Moscow's orders, illegally confiscating supplies sent from Moscow through Tsaritsyn towards the Caucasus. In November 1918, Stalin was recalled from Tsaritsyn due to his insubordination and left the city after the siege was lifted. A
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and other tsarist officers and specialists who were already serving in the Red Army and had them detained on a barge on the Volga River. The eventual fate of the prisoners was starvation or execution except for Snesarev, who was freed on Trotsky's orders and reassigned elsewhere.
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from Ukraine and attacks by the Red forces, the defeats of the Don Cossacks near Tsaritsyn forced them to subordinate to the command of the Volunteer Army. On 19 February 1919, Pyotr Krasnov took command, handing it over to
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was established in the region. Over the following months, the strategic importance of Tsaritsyn grew even more: by controlling the city, the Reds not only prevented the counter-revolutionary forces of the
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were able to mobilize 40,000 men, equal in size but better trained than the Red troops present in the region. By the end of July, the Cossacks had cut the railway line towards Tsaritsyn and the
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arrived in the city and quickly joined the command of the local forces, despite having initially been sent to obtain grain for Moscow. Together, Voroshilov and Stalin established the
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Stalin interfered with matters beyond his competence and urged Voroshilov to ignore Sytin's orders. When on 29 September 1918 Sytin arrived in Tsaritsyn from his headquarters in
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At this same time, a second Cossack offensive began under the general command of Pyotr Krasnov, and with the participation of a group of 50,000 cavalry under the command of
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to obtain fuel, money, fuel, train and had his transport commissariat, N.P. Alekseev, shot along with his two sons without a trial in connection with an alleged plot.
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from joining together, but also gave them the opportunity to redeploy forces from the north towards White-held areas in
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A little over two decades later the city would once again be a battlefield, this time for the decisive battle of the
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and remained in the hands of the Reds, was besieged three times by anti-Bolshevik Don Cossacks under the command of
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Churchill's Secret War with Lenin: British and Commonwealth Military Intervention in the Russian Civil War, 1918-20
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The local Soviet attempted to investigate the ongoing arrests and executions but was told off by the local Cheka.
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bolstered White military power, while another Cossack uprising had broken out on the Don in response to the
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would pose a greater threat to the Soviet government in Moscow than the potential collapse of Tsaritsyn.
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had seized a number of towns en route to the city, completely surrounding the Red forces in Tsaritsyn.
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In August, the Red Army command entrusted the task of recapturing the city to a strike group under
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Stalin had also intrigued to confiscate from his colleagues K.E. Makhrovsky, who had been sent by
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Denikin and Wrangel during a Tsaritsyn parade with Armed Forces of South Russia in July 1919
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in order to rally the defense of the city and centralise control over all Red forces in
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By the summer of 1919, supplies of arms and ammunition delivered to the Whites in
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into the rear of the Red Army, to which Shorin had to direct some of his troops.
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White Army armoured train "United Russia" on its way towards the city, June 1919
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Towards the end of September, as part of a broader reorganization of the entire
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On 26 December 1918, Voroshilov was replaced as commander of the 10th Army by
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became a powerful revolutionary center. The city, situated on the lower
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Local citizens welcome Denikin and officers to the city on 1 July 1919
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to occupy the cities bordering the Don Republic, including Tsaritsyn,
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took part in the defense of the city between July and November 1918.
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The "Russian" Civil Wars 1916-1926. Ten Years That Shook the World
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carried out a cavalry assault on Tsaritsyn, which was repulsed.
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campaign. Red army commanders on the Southern Front, apart from
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The city, which had been an important center of support for the
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In 1937, the battles for Tsaritsyn acted as the background for
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Red Advance, White Defeat. Civil War in South Russia 1919-1920
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Battles of the Russian Civil War involving the United Kingdom
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On 3 January 1920, Tsaritsyn was definitively retaken by the
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forces in Tsaritsyn, Denikin announced the beginning of the
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In May-June 1919, the Whites won a series of victories in
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Krasnov therefore tried to convince the commanders of the
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Bolsheviks in the Ukraine. The Second Campaign, 1918-1919
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The Reds recapture Tsaritsyn (August 1919 – January 1920)
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would join with the Volunteer Army to become part of the
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two weeks, when the Whites received reinforcements from
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city, proceeded to arrest the current Red Army general
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and Alexander Yegorov, turned out to be incompetent.
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Mitrofan Grekov's painting of an attack in Tsaritsyn
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Part of the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
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Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing. 1322:, with the prospect of marching on towards 1244:Third siege (December 1918 – February 1919) 130:victory in 1919; Bolshevik victory in 1920 2421:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( 1366:Pyotr Wrangel heads the victory parade at 503: 489: 1568:dramatized the events in a two-part film 917:was a military confrontation between the 2350: 2168: 2152: 2083: 2018: 2001: 1989: 1943: 1926: 1898: 1882: 1784: 1768: 1745: 1729: 1712: 1673: 1657: 1361: 1247: 1178: 1160:, coordinated by its commander-in-chief 137:Red Army recaptures city in January 1920 1482:During the battle, the locally-created 2485: 2455: 2315: 2289: 2262: 2221: 2209: 2192: 2180: 2140: 1977: 1922: 1910: 1894: 1870: 1842: 1823: 1811: 1799: 1780: 1741: 1700: 995:, was of strategic importance for the 933:), a significant city and port on the 2429: 2384: 2237: 2156: 2125: 2110: 2098: 2071: 2054: 2042: 2030: 1962: 1866: 1854: 1688: 1661: 1408:from the Ukrainian Soviet capital of 1152:Second siege (September–October 1918) 987:, the heavily industrialized city of 484: 134:White Army captures city in June 1919 2518:Battles involving the Volunteer Army 1358:Whites capture Tsaritsyn (June 1919) 23:. For the World War II battle, see 13: 1314:and reaching the line between the 14: 2534: 1440:As part of the White campaign to 1124:First siege (July–September 1918) 1022:collapsed and the anti-communist 1632: 1620: 1608: 1596: 1584: 1541:. In 1961, the city was renamed 1072:North Caucasus Military District 971:. This was due to the fact that 466: 453: 426: 411: 399: 387: 374: 354: 343: 332: 321: 310: 299: 287: 276: 265: 244: 232: 209: 187: 175: 163: 52: 2231: 726:Southern Front counteroffensive 72:(1 year and 6 months) 2356:Wojna domowa w Rosji 1917–1920 1477: 1009:Council of People's Commissars 929:for control of Tsaritsyn (now 1: 2503:Military history of Volgograd 1644: 1240:was appointed in his place. 1198:in the trenches of Tsaritsyn, 1066:and Donbas. 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Index

Battle of Tsaritsyn (1774)
Battle of Stalingrad
Southern Front
Russian Civil War

Tsaritsyn
Volga Region
48°42′N 44°31′E / 48.700°N 44.517°E / 48.700; 44.517
White
White movement
Don Republic
Kuban Republic
South Russia
Supported by
United Kingdom
Bolsheviks
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Russian SFSR
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ukrainian SSR
Pyotr Krasnov
Anton Denikin
Pyotr Wrangel
Kliment Voroshilov
Joseph Stalin
Andrei Snesarev
Dmitry Zhloba
Pavel Sytin
Grigory Kulik
Armed Forces of South Russia

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